LFCC Stories

Mady Rodriguez, a 2011 Lord Fairfax Community College graduate talks about her education journey that spans two countries and the job that "forced" her to seek out a college degree.

Mady explained her passion for serving our community and how that drives her to volunteer, to work for our under-served populations, as well as continue her education path.

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Founded in 1970, Lord Fairfax Community College is a multi-campus public institution of higher education. With four locations — Middletown, Warrenton, Luray-Page County and most recently, Vint Hill— the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. LFCC offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines, in addition to providing access to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs offered on site by a four-year institution. LFCC also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. LFCC serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.

Carmen Schlosser, a 2010 Lord Fairfax Community College graduate talks about her education journey that brought her from student to staff at the college.

Carmen told us why she initially chose the LFCC path to continue her education, and what her goals are moving forward. We discussed her passion for poetry and the students she advises in her role as an Enrollment Services Specialist at LFCC.

She offered advice for those who are unsure about continuing their education and the importance of leaving something behind for future generations.

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Founded in 1970, Lord Fairfax Community College is a multi-campus public institution of higher education. With four locations — Middletown, Warrenton, Luray-Page County and most recently, Vint Hill— the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. LFCC offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines, in addition to providing access to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs offered on site by a four-year institution. LFCC also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. LFCC serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.

On today's episode we take a walk down memory lane with Lord Fairfax Community College (recently retired) professor, Ramon Selove. We talked about how Ramon came to LFCC and immediately knew this is where he would spend the next 30 years.

We talked about all the "firsts" he experienced from being the youngest professor on faculty to creating his own computer network before they were "a thing." He told us what he'd like to include in a time capsule of his time at the school and the lessons he's learned along the way about the importance of face-to-face interaction with students.

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Founded in 1970, Lord Fairfax Community College is a multi-campus public institution of higher education. With four locations — Middletown, Warrenton, Luray-Page County and most recently, Vint Hill— the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. LFCC offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines, in addition to providing access to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs offered on site by a four-year institution. LFCC also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. LFCC serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.

Rostant Kengni, a 2019 Lord Fairfax Community College graduate talks about his education journey that brought him to the United States from Cameroon, a country in Central Africa in 2015.

Rostant told us how he came to choose the United States (actually, how it chose him) and ultimately landed at Lord Fairfax Community College. He had already earned a Master's Degree and was a teacher in his native country but opportunities for growth were no longer available.

He explained how he found his sponsor, came to Winchester, learned the language and worked hard to clear his path to higher education. He also tells us how he ended up at Shenandoah University's School of Pharmacy

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Founded in 1970, Lord Fairfax Community College is a multi-campus public institution of higher education. With four locations — Middletown, Warrenton, Luray-Page County and most recently, Vint Hill— the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. LFCC offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines, in addition to providing access to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs offered on site by a four-year institution. LFCC also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. LFCC serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.

On today's episode we take a walk down memory lane with Lord Fairfax Community College professor, Dr. Brent Kendrick. We talked about how Dr. Kendrick landed at LFCC as part of his lifelong dream to become a professor. We talked about his students, how he's adapted to teaching over the years via online and in-person classes, and what the first day of each semester means to him.

He told us what memories he'd like to include in a time capsule of his time so far at the school and what he hopes his students would say about him if they were asked to share their favorite memory.

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Founded in 1970, Lord Fairfax Community College is a multi-campus public institution of higher education. With four locations — Middletown, Warrenton, Luray-Page County and most recently, Vint Hill— the College serves eight localities in the Shenandoah Valley and northern Piedmont regions. The localities are the counties of Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren and the city of Winchester. LFCC offers more than 75 associate degree and certificate programs in a wide variety of disciplines, in addition to providing access to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs offered on site by a four-year institution. LFCC also serves the business community by offering workforce preparation programs for employees and employers. LFCC serves more than 9,000 unduplicated credit students and more than 11,000 individuals in professional development and business and industry courses annually.